California quarterback Davis Webb is a candidate to be selected in the first round of next month’s draft, according to Jason Cole of Bleacher Report (video link), who cites a “growing sense” Webb may be chosen on Day 1.
The Jets, Chiefs, and Chargers have all set up interviews with Webb, per Cole, while the Ravens and Buccaneers have also expressed interest in the 6’5″ signal-caller. A club could trade back into the first round with an eye towards drafting Webb, reports Cole, and such a move would enable a team to hold a fifth-year option on Webb. That option — for the 2021 campaign — would allow a club to retain Webb for a fifth season at a cheap rate.
While Webb has generally been considered a Day 2 pick to this point, the overall demand for quarterbacks could conceivably force him into the back end of Round 1. At present, Todd McShay of ESPN.com ranks Webb as the draft’s No. 7 QB, behind Deshaun Watson, Mitch Trubisky, DeShone Kizer, Patrick Mahomes, Nathan Peterman, and Joshua Dobbs.
Webb, 22, transferred to Cal from Texas Tech after losing out on the Red Raiders’ starting job to Mahomes. In his only season with the Bears, Webb completed 61.6% of his passes for 4,295 yards, 37 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.
Cole and La Canfora are both jokes. Just the mouthpiece of agents attempting to boost their clients stock.
prophet: link to sportsday.dallasnews.com
Hahahahaha…….Hahahahaha……Hahahahaha!
All seven of those guys should be first round picks. As a Steelers fan we don’t mind sweeping up one of those mid first round talents at pick 30 once all the QBs have gone.
The only QB’s worthy of a first Rd pick in this weak QB class are D. Watson, P. Mahoney, and maybe D. Kizer
Trubinsky is going day 1 too
Doesn’t mean he’s worthy of being a first round pick lol. He only had one good year and I feel like he has bust written all over him. I mean I hope I’m wrong and that he does develop into at least a decent starting QB, but I feel like someone is going to take him in the first round, rush him out there hoping he’ll develop as he goes, and he’ll end up flaming out because he’ll be rushed. I think Watson is the safest pick of the four (Watson, Trubisky, Mahomes, Kizer), although I do think Mahomes could be really good if he’s given proper time to develop (aka sit and learn for a year or two before being handed the starting QB spot).
There’s really that much of a demand for mediocre qbs?
Yes
This draft has 1996 written all over it.